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I guess when I bought the Garmin to Kenwood (D7) cable I didn t realize the limitations of the D7. The FAVORITES screen simply fills up with 75 stations.

Message 1 of 6
, Feb 1, 2010

I guess when I bought the Garmin to Kenwood (D7) cable I didn't realize the limitations of the D7. The FAVORITES screen simply fills up with 75 stations. There are no directional indications for stations on the list. When selecting a particular FAVORITE all that is shown are the coordinates. I understand that MESSAGING is not support by the Kenwood rigs. Not blame anyone, but I'm suffering some buyer's remorse I guess.
Dave
W6DLF

Scott Miller

Messaging through a nuvi isn t supported on the Kenwoods, anyway. You can still message on the Kenwood itself, which is tedious but doable. I ve used my D7

Message 2 of 6
, Feb 1, 2010

Messaging through a nuvi isn't supported on the Kenwoods, anyway. You
can still message on the Kenwood itself, which is tedious but doable.
I've used my D7 for messaging more than anything else. Mostly for
commanding T2s.

Unfortunately the D7 doesn't put out any symbol or comment data, so the
GTRANS doesn't have much to work with. The GTRANS could generate
direction and distance information, but it'd only be updated when the
waypoint (favorite) is created, which wouldn't be terribly useful if
you're moving.

Scott

w6dlf wrote:

>
>
> I guess when I bought the Garmin to Kenwood (D7) cable I didn't realize
> the limitations of the D7. The FAVORITES screen simply fills up with 75
> stations. There are no directional indications for stations on the list.
> When selecting a particular FAVORITE all that is shown are the
> coordinates. I understand that MESSAGING is not support by the Kenwood
> rigs. Not blame anyone, but I'm suffering some buyer's remorse I guess.
> Dave
> W6DLF
>
>

Dave Flack

Thanks Scott. I m still a bit confused about the nuvi Favorites list of stations with the D7. They are listed in ascending order by distance from my

Message 3 of 6
, Feb 2, 2010

Thanks Scott. I'm still a bit confused about the nuvi Favorites
list of stations with the D7. They are listed in ascending order
by distance from my location. They seem to continue to collect
and increase as there are now over 100 after a couple of days.
As you know, the D7 itself collects a list of 40 and drops the
oldest.

I'm also not sure how Favorites work with the OT2 and other
transceivers. I have seen screen shots with the Favorites
listings, but I'm uncertain about the behavior of the
data/listings. My concern is that I can't erase the list of
Favorites on the nuvi 350 without also removing my custom POIs at
the same time. Sorry about such a long question but I really
want to understand what I can and can't do with the D7/cable/nuvi
350 vs. another rig and the OT2. Maybe others with D7s can help
out here. (I would be happy to put together a summary and upload
it once I understand it myself.)

Messaging through a nuvi isn't supported on the Kenwoods, anyway.
You can still message on the Kenwood itself, which is tedious but
doable.
I've used my D7 for messaging more than anything else. Mostly
for commanding T2s.

Unfortunately the D7 doesn't put out any symbol or comment data,
so the GTRANS doesn't have much to work with. The GTRANS could
generate direction and distance information, but it'd only be
updated when the waypoint (favorite) is created, which wouldn't
be terribly useful if you're moving.

Scott

w6dlf wrote:

>
>
> I guess when I bought the Garmin to Kenwood (D7) cable I didn't

> realize the limitations of the D7. The FAVORITES screen simply

fills

> up with 75 stations. There are no directional indications for

stations on the list.

> When selecting a particular FAVORITE all that is shown are the
> coordinates. I understand that MESSAGING is not support by the

Kenwood

> rigs. Not blame anyone, but I'm suffering some buyer's remorse

I guess.

> Dave
> W6DLF
>
>

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Scott Miller

The problem is that in the 350 there s no way to erase waypoints from the tracker side. I think the most popular solution for now is to keep your personal

Message 4 of 6
, Feb 2, 2010

The problem is that in the 350 there's no way to erase waypoints from
the tracker side. I think the most popular solution for now is to keep
your personal favorites on SD card, and then pop the SD card out when
you erase everything.

Scott

Dave Flack wrote:

>
>
> Thanks Scott. I'm still a bit confused about the nuvi Favorites
> list of stations with the D7. They are listed in ascending order
> by distance from my location. They seem to continue to collect
> and increase as there are now over 100 after a couple of days.
> As you know, the D7 itself collects a list of 40 and drops the
> oldest.
>
> I'm also not sure how Favorites work with the OT2 and other
> transceivers. I have seen screen shots with the Favorites
> listings, but I'm uncertain about the behavior of the
> data/listings. My concern is that I can't erase the list of
> Favorites on the nuvi 350 without also removing my custom POIs at
> the same time. Sorry about such a long question but I really
> want to understand what I can and can't do with the D7/cable/nuvi
> 350 vs. another rig and the OT2. Maybe others with D7s can help
> out here. (I would be happy to put together a summary and upload
> it once I understand it myself.)
>
> Dave
> W6DLF
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> On Behalf Of Scott Miller
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> To: tracker2@yahoogroups.com <mailto:tracker2%40yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: Re: [tracker2] D7 with Garmin cable
>
> Messaging through a nuvi isn't supported on the Kenwoods, anyway.
> You can still message on the Kenwood itself, which is tedious but
> doable.
> I've used my D7 for messaging more than anything else. Mostly
> for commanding T2s.
>
> Unfortunately the D7 doesn't put out any symbol or comment data,
> so the GTRANS doesn't have much to work with. The GTRANS could
> generate direction and distance information, but it'd only be
> updated when the waypoint (favorite) is created, which wouldn't
> be terribly useful if you're moving.
>
> Scott
>
> w6dlf wrote:
> >
> >
> > I guess when I bought the Garmin to Kenwood (D7) cable I didn't
>
> > realize the limitations of the D7. The FAVORITES screen simply
> fills
> > up with 75 stations. There are no directional indications for
> stations on the list.
> > When selecting a particular FAVORITE all that is shown are the
> > coordinates. I understand that MESSAGING is not support by the
> Kenwood
> > rigs. Not blame anyone, but I'm suffering some buyer's remorse
> I guess.
> > Dave
> > W6DLF
> >
> >
>
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The problem is that in the 350 there's no way to erase waypoints fromthe tracker side. I think the most popular solution for now is to keep
your personal favorites on SD card, and then pop the SD card out whenyou erase everything.

Scott

Dave Flack wrote:>>> Thanks Scott. I'm still a bit confused about the nuvi Favorites> list of stations with the D7. They are listed in ascending order> by distance from my location. They seem to continue to collect
> and increase as there are now over 100 after a couple of days.> As you know, the D7 itself collects a list of 40 and drops the> oldest.>> I'm also not sure how Favorites work with the OT2 and other
> transceivers. I have seen screen shots with the Favorites> listings, but I'm uncertain about the behavior of the> data/listings. My concern is that I can't erase the list of> Favorites on the nuvi 350 without also removing my custom POIs at
> the same time. Sorry about such a long question but I really> want to understand what I can and can't do with the D7/cable/nuvi> 350 vs. another rig and the OT2. Maybe others with D7s can help> out here. (I would be happy to put together a summary and upload
> it once I understand it myself.)>> Dave> W6DLF>> -----Original Message-----

> To: tracker2@yahoogroups.com <mailto:tracker2%40yahoogroups.com>> Subject: Re: [tracker2] D7 with Garmin cable
>> Messaging through a nuvi isn't supported on the Kenwoods, anyway.> You can still message on the Kenwood itself, which is tedious but> doable.> I've used my D7 for messaging more than anything else. Mostly
> for commanding T2s.>> Unfortunately the D7 doesn't put out any symbol or comment data,> so the GTRANS doesn't have much to work with. The GTRANS could> generate direction and distance information, but it'd only be
> updated when the waypoint (favorite) is created, which wouldn't> be terribly useful if you're moving.>> Scott>> w6dlf wrote:> >> >> > I guess when I bought the Garmin to Kenwood (D7) cable I didn't
>> > realize the limitations of the D7. The FAVORITES screen simply> fills> > up with 75 stations. There are no directional indications for> stations on the list.> > When selecting a particular FAVORITE all that is shown are the
> > coordinates. I understand that MESSAGING is not support by the> Kenwood> > rigs. Not blame anyone, but I'm suffering some buyer's remorse> I guess.> > Dave> > W6DLF
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